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New England Conservatory Jazz Studies Department Presents The Music Of Dave Holland On Thursday, March 13 At Brown Hall

March 3, 2014

Join visiting artist-in-residence, renowned jazz bassist Dave Holland as he leads New England Conservatory jazz students in a performance of his music at 8 p.m. on Thursday, March 13 at NEC’s Brown Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston, MA. The concert is free and open to the public. For more information call 617-585-1122. A master of tone ...

News: Recording

Motema Music To Release Gathering Light From Oran Etkin, Featuring Ben Allison, Nasheet Waits, Lionel Loueke & Curtis Fowlkes

March 3, 2014

Motema Music To Release GATHERING LIGHT From ORAN ETKIN Featuring Ben Allison, Nasheet Waits, Lionel Loueke & Curtis Fowlkes To be released April 8, 2014 US & Europe CD Release tour including NYC CD Release Party at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola at Jazz At Lincoln Center on May 12! Inspired by tours in Indonesia, China, Japan, Israel ...

News: Event

Columbus Jazz Orchestra Pays Tribute To The King Of Swing In Bravo, Benny!: The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert

March 3, 2014

Columbus, OH – Under the direction of world-renowned band leader and trumpet virtuoso Byron Stripling, the Columbus Jazz Orchestra (CJO) continues to break new ground while honoring the rich heritage of America’s classical music – jazz. On March 13-16 at the Southern Theatre, the CJO pays tribute to the “King of Swing” and his famous 1938 ...

News: Performance / Tour

Mark Taylor Launches New Quintet

March 4, 2014

Over the last 20+ years, Mark Taylor's work performing and recording with modern musical giants Max Roach, Henry Threadgill and Muhal Richard Abrams, among many others, established his reputation as a go-to French Hornist in the jazz and improvised music communities. SECRET IDENTITY, Mark's newest ensemble, now puts the focus squarely on Mark Taylor the composer. ...

News: Contest

Enter the "Vincent Herring - The Uptown Shuffle" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

March 2, 2014

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Smoke Sessions Records “Vincent Herring - The Uptown Shuffle“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on April 1st. Click here to enter the contest (Becoming a fan of Vincent Herring at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good ...

Article: Album Review

The Cosmosamatics: Jazz-Maalika

Read "Jazz-Maalika" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
March 2, 2014

The Cosmosamatics--an ever-evolving ensemble co-led by multi-reedists Sonny Simmons and Michael Marcus--was founded in 2000, though the seeds were arguably planted many years earlier. Half a century ago, Simmons was cutting his teeth with multi-reedists Prince Lasha, Eric Dolphy and others of the so-called free jazz movement. Marcus made his name in the avant/free circles of ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Uri Caine: Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue

by C. Michael Bailey
March 2, 2014

What is to become of the Great American Songbook, that cultural document that served as scripture to the jazz community for the better part of the Twentieth Century? Today, what we think of as jazz has flown so far and wide that it's definition encompasses everything from Craig Taborn's Chants to Robert Glasper's Black Radio and ...

Article: Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum

March 2014

by Mr. P.C.
March 2, 2014

Dear Mr. P.C.: What do you think about the whole transcribing thing? Studying the best players, transcribing their solos, and learning to play like them. I thought jazz was supposed to be an individual expression. -- Trying to Be Myself Dear Trying: Look, when you transcribe a solo ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Wagner e Venezia

by C. Michael Bailey
March 2, 2014

Released in 1997, the Uri Caine Ensemble's Wagner e Venezia somehow evaded proper consideration within the electrons of All About Jazz. No more. Caine and his unique brand of interpretation has long been well-regarded at the magazine. Wagner e Venezia is one of the pinnacles among pinnacles from the pianist/composer's early output. Wagner e Venezia is ...

Article: Album Review

Sam Rivers: Contrasts

Read "Contrasts" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
March 2, 2014

In a significant discography now approaching forty titles as a leader across five decades, Contrasts stands out as the only recording that left-of-center saxophonist/flautist Sam Rivers led for ECM. Originally released in 1980 on vinyl and previously unavailable on CD, it is finally seeing the light of day again as part of the label's Re:solutions series--and ...